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Clinical Opal – Clare presents with polyuria & thirst
A 19 year old woman presents to the urgent care GP clinic, she has been feeling unwell for the last 24 hours. She has insulin dependent diabetes and is known to have poor compliance.
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5-year old Josie is brought in for assessment by her mother Beth because of her ‘difficult’ behaviour.
Amanda is a 26 year old speech pathologist who presents to you with longstanding gastrointestinal symptoms.
Billy is 8 weeks old, he was born NVD and is up to date with his immunisations. He has been vomiting for the last 3 weeks and is very irritable with a high pitched cry.
Patrick is a 62 year old university lecturer who presents to you with erectile dysfunction.
John is a 24-year-old male who works as a personal trainer at a local gym.
Tyler is a 22 year old university student who presents to you late one afternoon. He is new to the practice. He starts the consultation off by saying ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’, and awkwardly proceeds to describe penile discharge and painful urination for the past couple of days.
It is 3PM on a Thursday afternoon and your next patient is Dimitri, a 54 year old groundsman. Dimitri is attending for review after a recent lower leg DVT following a knee arthroscopy.
Your next patient is Belinda, a 54-year-old dressmaker and new patient to the practice. Belinda presents to you bearing a sheaf of printed material from the internet and asks for a request form for the MTHFR gene...
It is Monday morning, and you are reviewing the test results in the inbox of your colleague who has taken a week off work...